Sure, a blackout may not necessarily change things in the House or Senate. C’mon—does artwork and fancy javascript really make a difference? Do these petition forms really go anywhere? Are we simply a bunch of ridiculous web people changing stylesheets? I went into this week thinking no real statement would be made. I was wrong.
Tuesday night, I had just finished dinner. Typically, my laptop is open across the table to check in with the news missed over the course of the day. At 9 p.m. PST, I typed in Wikipedia.org to see if their blackout had kicked in yet. And there it was—the first blackout of many over the next 12 hours. It’s weird, because, well… it was simple. That’s all it takes. It’s not the interface. It’s the action. The emotional ripple that streamlines from the stance alone awaits me.
I accidentally fell asleep with the lights on and laptop on my belly. From the moment I woke up on Wednesday, it was an intense sugar rush. Dozens of Firefox tabs were open, and click click click. URLs were entered, and there it all was.
You have never seen #000 (black) applied in a more meaningful way. Click through to check out screenshots I took yesterday morning showcasing the designs used in the great internet blackout.
That's Google.
Wired.com did the opposite of whiting out the text and basically Sharpied that shit.
On DotUSB, all it took was one line.
Modern Method wanted you to know what to tell your kids and friends.
Moveon.org had a letter for you.
Michael Moore and Greenpeace International used the same approach, turning the spotlight in the right direction.
Tumblr in support of saving the internet.
Ars Technica kept it dramatic with SOPA news up on top and bloody red.
Thank you, WordPress. Yes, don’t let us see anything.
Mozilla helped lead the message and protest.
Techcrunch took a stand against censorship in its header.
Boing Boing said it simply with Helvetica and black.
Hype Machine also Sharpied that shit.
I was looking for educational institutions that would show their lack of support. Thank you, iSchool at Syracuse.
O’Reilly Media took going dark as its principal action.
It’s not black, but hey… I’m saying “NOPA” with Minecraft.
Reddit reported early on that they would shut down for 12 hours.
Flickr allowed its members to darken their photos.
I’ve been surfing Craigslist for the last few days looking for a bike. Not yesterday.
Hackernews, like many others, censored only its “logo”.
This post was adapted from the original on Yee-dor.com
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Sure, a blackout may not necessarily change things in the House or Senate. C’mon—does artwork and fancy javascript really make a difference? Do these petition forms really go anywhere? Are we simply a bunch of ridiculous web people changing stylesheets? I went into this week thinking no real statement would be made. I was wrong.
Tuesday night, I had just finished dinner. Typically, my laptop is open across the table to check in with the news missed over the course of the day. At 9 p.m. PST, I typed in Wikipedia.org to see if their blackout had kicked in yet. And there it was—the first blackout of many over the next 12 hours. It’s weird, because, well… it was simple. That’s all it takes. It’s not the interface. It’s the action. The emotional ripple that streamlines from the stance alone awaits me.
I accidentally fell asleep with the lights on and laptop on my belly. From the moment I woke up on Wednesday, it was an intense sugar rush. Dozens of Firefox tabs were open, and click click click. URLs were entered, and there it all was.
You have never seen #000 (black) applied in a more meaningful way. Click through to check out screenshots I took yesterday morning showcasing the designs used in the great internet blackout.
That's Google.
Wired.com did the opposite of whiting out the text and basically Sharpied that shit.
On DotUSB, all it took was one line.
Modern Method wanted you to know what to tell your kids and friends.
Moveon.org had a letter for you.
Michael Moore and Greenpeace International used the same approach, turning the spotlight in the right direction.
Tumblr in support of saving the internet.
Ars Technica kept it dramatic with SOPA news up on top and bloody red.
Thank you, WordPress. Yes, don’t let us see anything.
Mozilla helped lead the message and protest.
Techcrunch took a stand against censorship in its header.
Boing Boing said it simply with Helvetica and black.
Hype Machine also Sharpied that shit.
I was looking for educational institutions that would show their lack of support. Thank you, iSchool at Syracuse.
O’Reilly Media took going dark as its principal action.
It’s not black, but hey… I’m saying “NOPA” with Minecraft.
Reddit reported early on that they would shut down for 12 hours.
Flickr allowed its members to darken their photos.
I’ve been surfing Craigslist for the last few days looking for a bike. Not yesterday.
Hackernews, like many others, censored only its “logo”.
